South Wales Aviation Museum

South Wales Aviation Museum (SWAM)


An exciting venture by Gary Spoors of GJD Services and John Sparks of Horizon Aircraft Services utilizing their own, and loaned, exhibits.
The following aircraft are now in place on the St Athan Picketston Business Park, with many more to follow. Open on weekends and public holidays. 



Display Hangar 

(526) Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-29 wreckage

MSN 2960525887 - Russian Air Force "26 red" - TsAGI Zhukhovsky Research Institute "526" - 24/07/93 w-o in mid-air collision with MiG-29 925 during display at RIAT Fairford - c96 wreckage scrapped at Enstone, cockpit and other parts saved - c98 Fenland & West Norfolk Aviation Museum, West Walton Highway - 01/07/19 to SWAM

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272 Westland SH-14D Lynx

MSN 124 - 16/07/79 first flight at Yeovil as SH-14B G-17-23 - 02/08/79 to Marignane, France for fitting out with mission equipment by Aerospatiale - 30/01/80 delivered to the RNN and entered service with 860 Sqn at de Kooy - c1993 upgraded to SH-14D - 2011 withdrawn from use and became an instructional airframe at Gilze Rijen - c.11/19 acquired by Hayward and Green Defence of Woodmancote, West Sussex and displayed - 06/22 loaned to SWAM and departed for an event at Heveningham Hall, Suffolk 02-03/07/22 - 06/07/22 arrived at St Athan, with Horizon Aircraft Services for restoration - 13/08/22 moved to SWAM for display

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BAPC.251 Hiway Spectrum Hang Glider

This Spectrum was won by Ian Fyffe of Lytham St. Annes in a 1978 Aeroplane Monthly competition. During 1986 it was donated to the Museum of Science and Industry, Manchester, and put into storage. On an unknown date it moved to the Science Museum store at Wroughton, from where it came to SWAM in January 2022.
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(F-BTGV) Aero Spacelines B-377-SGT Super Guppy Turbine flightdeck

MSN 0001 L/N 5 - built using a new fuselage mated to the cockpit, wings, tail, and main landing gear of an unknown Boeing KC-97G - 25/09/69 reg N211AS  - 24/08/70 first flight - 24/09/71 reg cancelled - 29/09/71 reg F-BTGV to Airbus Industrie/Aeromaritime - Airbus Skylink "1"  - 03/90 16,160 FH inc those as a KC-97  - 01/07/96 flown to Bruntingthorpe for preservation - reg cancelled 07/02/97 - 01/21 broken up - 04/02/21 nose to SWAM

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(B-HUI) Boeing 747-467 flightdeck

MSN 27230/1033 - ff 03/06/94 - dd 10/06/94 to Cathay Pacific Airways as VR-HUI - re-reg B-HUI 01/09/97 - wfu 30/09/16 - ferried Hong Kong-Manchester-Bruntingthorpe 27-31/10/16 - broken up 07/17 , flightdeck saved - to St Athan 12/01/19

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(G-APFG) Boeing 707-436 flightdeck

MSN 17708/128 - 09/05/60 first flight as N5094K - 23/06/60 delivered to BOAC as G-APFG - 30/03/73 to British Airtours - 03/11/80 final flight to Stansted for ATEL as GIA - 24/04/81 reg cancelled as PWFU - c87 to Qualitair - 03/89 broken up - 09/05/89 fuselage to Cardington for fire suppression trials - 04/00 broken up bu GJD Services, nose to Bruntingthorpe - by 04/03 to Cove, Hampshire - by mid 2004 to Pershore, Worcs - 16/04/19 to SWAM, St Athan

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G-ARNO/VX113 Beagle A.61 Terrier I (Auster AOP.6)

MSN 3722 - built 1948 as AOP.6 VX113 - 29/10/48 Awaiting collection - 15/11/48 delivered to 20 MU Aston Down - 13/12/49 662 Sqn, Colerne "ROB-V" - c04/51 recoded "V" - c02/57 651 Sqn, Debden/Middle Wallop/Aldergrove - 02/05/61 SOC and sold - 08/05/61 reg G-ARNO to Beagle-Auster Aircraft Ltd, Leicester -  converted to A.61 Terrier I - 26/07/61 Sprague and Price Ltd, Liverpool - 16/04/62 A. F. Butcher, Chiseldon - 04/12/68 Syndicate, Wiltshire - 27/04/78 Syndicate, Wiltshire - 05/06/80 M.B.Hill, Swindon - 17/12/91 Cancelled by CAA - 21/02/03 R. B. Webber, Chulmleigh - deconverted to AOP.6 - 07/02/12 Exemption issued to wear marks "VX113" - 22/05/13 M. C. B. Wills, Doncaster - 03/12/21 H. A. Hyde, Southend - 10/03/22 Total Flying Hours 3140 - 20/04/22 R. A. Hyde, Ipswich - 07/06/22 Landing accident at Fowlmere "The aircraft sank quickly as the pilot flared for landing. The pilot stated that he was slow to apply power to cushion the landing. The aircraft bounced, pitched forward, and nosed over." Damage to engine, wings and tail - 08/22 by road to Horizon Aircraft Services, St Athan for assessment - 25/10/22 J.L.Sparks, St Athan - 04/03/23 to SWAM

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G-BCTT Evans VP-1 Volksplane

MSN PFA/1543 - 24/12/74 registered to Brian John Boughton, Thetford, Norfolk - 77 construction completed by Mr Boughton - 23/08/01 registered to M J Watson, Diss, Norfolk - 31/12/03 reported with 360 total Flying Hours - 10/02/04 registered to D J Jenkins, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk - 22/10/04 registered to E R G Ludlow, Canterbury, Kent - 25/03/05 Permit to Fly expired - 15/04/14 registration cancelled by CAA - by 06/17 with D Whiteside, Chesterfield , intention to restore abandoned and offered for sale 2018-2020 - 22/04/21 to SWAM

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G-BMMF Clutton FRED Series II

MSN PFA 029-10296 - 20/02/86 registered to J M Jones, Castle Cary, Somerset - 1990 home-build completed - 15/02/00 to E C King, Lydney, Gloucs - 31/12/01 total 151 flying hours - 14/08/03 Damage sustained to the landing gear after a heavy forced landing in a field near Ross-on-Wye after the engine misfired on a Permit-to-Fly test flight - 29/09/05 to R C Thomas, Boverton, Glamorgan - 11/03/19 moved to SWAM

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G-BRFC/WP321 Percival Sea Prince T.1

MSN PAC/P/71 - ff 12/03/53 - 20/03/53 awaiting collection - 23/04/53 dd AHU Stretton - 14/11/53 AHU Lossiemouth - 17/11/53 744 NAS Eglinton "GN-406" - 06/04/54 AHU Lossiemouth - 08/09/56 750 NAS Culdrose "CU-675" - 13/10/59 750 NAS Hal Far "HF-675" later "HF-672" - 05/07/65 750 NAS Lossiemouth "LM-692" later "LM-659" - 26/09/72 750 NAS Culdrose "CU-575" - 23/04/74 RAF Sydenham for storage - 08/07/77 AHU Culdrose - 01/08/77 750 NAS Culdrose "CU-580" later "CU-570" - 26/06/79 5MU Kemble - sold to Rural Naval Air Service, Hitchin, Herts and reg 10/09/80 G-BRFC - 09/02/81-10/08/83 Ray Aylieff Ltd, "CU-570" applied - 22/08/83-03/02/94 Rural Naval Air Service - 03/02/94-12/11/99 Aces High North Weald - 26/11/99-23/08/00 Aces High US Inc, Wilmington, DE reg N7SY - 05/12/99 ferried North Weald-Bournemouth - 08/06/06-11/06/12 Andrew & Geraldine Dixon, Bournemouth reg G-BRFC - Bournemouth Aviation Museum - Bournemouth Hurn Airport - 11/06/12 Mark Stott, Exeter - 28/05/12 to St Athan

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G-BTUS Whittaker MW7

MSN PFA 171-11999 - 05/09/91 registered to J F Bakewell, Hucknall, Notts - 18/07/93 overturned on forced landing near Collingham, Notts after engine stopped in flight - 24/09/96 to J W Webb, Hereford - 13/08/02 to P K Jenkins, Redditch - 21/11/02 to C T Bailey, Middleleaze, Swindon - 31/12/05 declared 21 total flying hours - 20/06/06 Permit to Fly expired - 31/07/18 "No-Flight" Declaration - 10/06/21 to SWAM

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G-BVGH/XL573 Hawker Hunter T.7

MSN HABL-003360 - 17/04/58 first flight - 26/08/58 Awaiting Collection - 28/08/58 5 MU Kemble - 29/10/58 DFCS West Raynham "L" - 02/12/65 229 OCU Chivenor "97" - 05/03/70 4 FTS Valley "97" - 07/10/74 Cat.3R - 14/10/74 repair on site by 71 MU - 06/03/75 4 FTS Valley - 17/09/75 Cat.3R - 19/11/75 4 FTS Valley - 09/77 MOD(PE) - 31/10/77 4 FTS Valley - 05/12/77 5 MU Kemble - 24/04/78 4 FTS Valley - 17/09/79 5 MU Kemble - 12/03/80 237 OCU Honington - 06/08/80 5 MU Kemble - 19/12/80 Laarbruch Stn Flt - 09/06/82 237 OCU Honington "573" later "WC" - 07/11/83 Abingdon for Major - 16/08/84 237 OCU Honington - 19/10/84 237 OCU Lossiemouth - 30/04/86 12 Sqn Lossiemouth - 06/05/86 237 OCU - 04/07/86 12 Sqn - 29/09/86 237 OCU - 01/10/86 12 Sqn - 26/01/87 237 OCU - 04/02/87 12 Sqn -  22/04/87 MOD(PE) Farnborough - 11/05/87 12 Sqn - 23/09/87 IAM Farnborough - 03/02/88 12 Sqn - 06/06/88 237 OCU loan - 08/08/88 12 Sqn - 22/03/91 Shawbury MU and wfu - 09/93 for sale by tender - purchased by Barry Pover, dismantled and transported to Exeter - 26/11/93 reg G-BVGH - 07/05/94 first flight post restoration - 13/03/00 reg to DAT Enterprises Ltd and moved to North Weald - 2001 returned to Exeter - 16/08/03 reg to Global Aviation Services Ltd - 30/06/10 reg to David Davidson - 08/06/11 reg to Mark Stott - 15/12/11 to St Athan

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G-BVPM Evans VP-2 Volksplane

MSN PFA 7205. Built by Peter Marigold of Locking, Weston-Super-Mare over an 18-year period and was first registered in November 1978. It was first flown in March 1992 but grounded after only 10 flying hours, with its Permit to Fly expiring on 31st May 1994. After storage in Mr. Marigolds garage it was donated to the International Helicopter Museum in 2022, who loaned it to SWAM. It arrived at St Athan from Locking in April 2022 and placed on display 07/05/22.

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G-BYMT Cyclone Airsports Pegasus Quantum 15-912

MSN 7549 - 99 manufactured at Marlborough, Wiltshire by Cyclone Airsports Ltd trading as Pegasus Aviation - 16/07/99 registered to Penicuik, Edinburgh owner - 25/04/03 to Strathaven, Motherwell owner - 31/12/08 recorded 1864 Flying Hours - 17/11/09 to The Scottish Flying Club, Strathaven - 23/05/10 damaged in hangar fire at Strathaven - 10/08/10 reg cancelled as PWFU - by 10/10 to Museum of Science and Industry, Manchester - 30/10/21 to SWAM, St Athan - 16/12/21 assembled and placed on display
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G-CHPT Federov Me7 Mechta

MSN M006 - 1995 imported and first registered as BGA 4102 - 08/02/08 registered G-CHPT to a Wolverhampton owner - 31/12/09 total flying hours 32 - 11/11/11 ownership passed to the Midland Gliding Club at Longmynd, Shropshire - 28/08/15 Restricted Certificate of Airworthiness expired - 06/10/20 to Gem Aero Ltd of Wem - 06/22 donated to SWAM - 06/07/22 arrived at St Athan

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G-CHUO Federov Me7 Mechta

MSN M007 - 1996 imported and first registered as BGA 4217 - 10/01/08 registered G-CHUO to a London owner - 09/06/10 ownership passed to two Aylesbury owners - 27/05/19 total flying hours 249 - 26/05/20 Restricted Certificate of Airworthiness expired - 15/09/20 to Gem Aero Ltd of Wem - 06/22 donated to SWAM - 16/06/22 arrived at St Athan

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G-CLAX Jurca MJ5 Sirocco Type F.2 Series 39

MSN PFA 2204 - 24/05/68 registered G-AWKB to K Bywater, Luton, Beds - 23/10/69 project sold - 04/11/69 registered to G D Claxton, Pontyclun - 22/04/99 re-registered G-CLAX - 27/02/12 reg cancelled by CAA - ?? at Spalding Weston Hills - by 05/14 to St Athan still as incomplete fuselage - 24/08/15 registered to G S Williams, Barry - 03/19 to SWAM hangar, cut in half lengthways and displayed on Cafe wall in red scheme

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G-ELLE Cameron N-90 Hot Air Balloon Envelope 

MSN 4498 - 11/01/99 registered to S Lacey, Norwich, trading as L.E. Electrical - 21/08/00 reg to L.E. Electrical Ltd - 15/06/07 CofA expired - 31/07/07 reg to S.Lacey, Wymondham - 28/10/08 reg to D.Stagg, Spixworth - 31/12/14 declared 364 flying hours - 03/11/15 "No Flight" Declaration - 2019 to M.Burdett, Aylmerton for preservation - 04/10/19 De-registered as PWFU - 05/08/20 donated to SWAM and moved by road to St Athan
 

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G-KAEW/XL500 Fairey Gannet AEW.3

MSN F.9459 - 02/02/61 first flight - 09/03/61 AHU Culdrose - 17/03/61 849 NAS HQ Flt "CU-414" - 12/10/61 NARIU Lee-on-Solent - 23/10/61 AHU Culdrose - 01/02/62 Westland White Waltham for mods - 02/04/62 849 NAS HQ Flt "CU-417" - 18/04/63 Westland White Waltham - 11/09/63 849 NAS HQ Flt "CU-414" - 11/12/64 WHL Ilchester - 18/04/66 RNAS Brawdy - 28/04/66 849 NAS B Flt/HMS Victorious "H-332" - 02/09/66 loan to A&AEE Boscombe Down - ret 849 NAS B Flt "332" - 21/02/69 849 NAS HQ Flt "BY-767" - 20/11/69 WHL Ilchester - NASU Brawdy - 13/11/70 Lossiemouth - 14/04/71 WHL Ilchester - 05/07/71 NASU Lossiemouth - 14/01/72 849 NAS HQ Flt "LM-766" - 02/03/72 NASU Lossiemouth - by 12/72 849 NAS B Flt "R-042" - 01/12/74 849 NAS HQ Flt "LM-760" - 21/11/78 NASU Culdrose for storage - by 07/80 to A2701/E4755 for SAH Culdrose - by 12/81 stored - 26/05/83 began restoration to airworthy state - 19/09/83 first flight post restoration - Dowty-Rotol loan for noise tests - 28/02/85 final flight to Lee-on-Solent for storage - 16/06/90 by road to RNAY Fleetlands - returned to Lee-on-Solent - 05/07/95 to Culdrose for display - 23/03/00 to World Naval Base, Chatham Dockyard "CU" - sold to T J Manna/Kennet Aviation - 09/01/04 reg G-KAEW - 26/06/04 to North Weald - 26/07/08 to Exeter - 26/01/10 reg cancelled - 11/04/11 reg to Mark Stott - 04/02/12 to St Athan

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G-MMNN Sherry Buzzard

Ernie Sherry’s Buzzard Microlight. 34 foot span, AUW of 354lbs, empty weight 154lbs, wing area of 109 sq/ft, estimated level speed 55 mph. Engine 210 cc Solo giving 110lbs static thrust on a 50 x 32 prop. Wings feature 2.5 degree washout as well as sweep back and spoilers. Build started in 1984 and it was registered as G—MMNN c/n 1. Never completed due to time/ill health. It was declared permanently withdrawn from use on 27/07/17 and arrived at SWAM on June 13th 2020.

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G-MOOS/XF690 Percival Provost T.1

MSN PAC/F/335 - 17/04/55 Awaiting collection from Luton - 02/05/55 delivered to 12 MU, Kirkbride - 13/01/56 Queens UAS, Aldergrove, Northern Ireland - 14/03/57 64 Group Communications Flight, Rufforth - 27/01/59 27 MU, Shawbury - 27/07/59 Central Navigation and Control School, Shawbury "S" - 11/02/63 renamed Central Air Traffic Control School "S" - 02/12/68 Henlow as 8041M - 73/74 RAF Museum, Colerne - 02/03/76 Auctioned after collection closed - 02/03/76 David W. Mickleborough, Leicester Aircraft Preservation Group - 18/03/76 moved by road from Colerne to Sunnybrae Garage, Houghton-on-the-Hill - 79 to Leicester East - 05/03/79 reg G-BGKA to D. W. Mickleborough - 22/08/81 first flight post restoration marked as XF690 - 05/04/91 reg G-MOOS to Tim J. Manna/Kennet Aviation, Thatcham - 17/03/94 flown to Cranfield - 01/03 by road to North Weald via Yeovilton - 22/11/07 reg to Henry Cooke, North Weald - 2009 to Yeovilton - 15/06/15 YeoPro Group, Yeovilton - 17/09/18 4716 Flying Hours - 14/09/19 Permit to Fly expired - by 12/22 at Old Warden - 24/10/23 No flight declaration - 21/12/23 arrived at SWAM

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G-OBLN/XE956/"XD601" de Havilland Vampire T.11

MSN 15664 - 29/04/55 Awaiting Collection - 04/05/55 29 MU High Ercall - 09/01/56 2 TAF Germany - 12/01/56 67 Sqn Bruggen - 06/05/57 12 MU Kirkbride - 20/01/59 22 MU Silloth - 04/11/59 12 MU Kirkbride - 16/11/59 22 MU Silloth - 21/12/59 APS Sylt - 06/09/71 27 MU Shawbury - 14/06/62 3 CAACU Exeter - 19/11/62 8 FTS Swinderby - 02/03/64 1 FTS Linton-on-Ouse "67" - 06/01/66 27 MU Shawbury - 14/02/67 CATCS Shawbury "N" - 02/02/71 sold to St Albans College - flown Shawbury-Hatfield, final flight time 2456 hours - 07/92 sold to de Havilland Aviation and moved by late 92 to Bridgend - 14/09/95 reg G-OBLN - by 05/03 to Pencoed - 14/05/04 to Rochester, Kent. Stored, dismantled in warehouse - 14/02/05 reg cancelled - 09/07/18 to St Athan - 26/11/18 reg G-OBLN to Jonathan Vivash - 12/22 purchased for SWAM - 01/05/24 moved to restoration hangar for repaint - 30/05/24 returned to display in 614 Sqn RAuxAF marks as "XD601"

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G-RAFI/XP672 BAC Jet Provost T.4

MSN PAC/W/17641 - 28/09/62 Awaiting Collection - 02/10/62 2 FTS Syerston - 24/02/65 CAW Manby - 20/05/69 Cat.3R - 22/50/69 repair on site by 60 MU - 12/06/69 CAW Manby - 04/09/70 CATCS Shawbury - 15/02/72 CAW Manby, painted in special marks and used by the "Macaws" aerobatic team - 27/11/73 School of Refresher Flying Manby/Leeming - 19/12/75 allocated 8458M - 15/01/76 1 SoTT Halton - 03/92 tendered for disposal - by 08/92 at Jurby, Isle of Man - 18/12/92 reg G-RAFI to R MacGregor Muir, Ramsey, IoM - 04/98 to Bournemouth - 09/11/98 reg to Glenn Lacey, Epsom - 27/02/99 first flight post restoration - mid 99 North Weald - 02/11/99 reg to Richard Everett, Sproughton -  02/04/03 Everett Aero Bentwaters - 15/05/09 Nottingham University, Retford as GIA - 22/11/10 reg cancelled - 29/07/11 Bruntingthorpe -  09/04/18 to St Athan

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G-SDEV/XK895 de Havilland Sea Devon C.20

MSN 04472 - 17/04/56 dd to AHU Lossiemouth - 10/07/56 FOFT Yeovilton - 08/11/56 728 NAS Hal Far - 07/05/57 AHU Lossiemouth - 25/06/57 Station Flight Lee-on-Solent - 16/03/59 781 NAS Lee-on-Solent - 09/07/59 AHU Lossiemouth - 23/08/60 781 NAS Lee-on-Solent - by 10/65 Station Flight Linton-on-Ouse - 20/09/66 NARIU Lee-on-Solent - 05/03/68 781 NAS Lee-on-Solent - 21/02/69 Station Flight Culdrose - 05/04/73 RNAY Belfast - 781 NAS Lee-on-Solent - 01/02/74 Station Flight Culdrose - 02/78 5 MU Kemble - 11/08/78 NATIU Lee-on-Solent - 13/03/79 781 NAS Lee-on-Solent - 25/03/815 MU Kemble - by 01/83 Station Flight Culdrose - 18/12/89 to storage at RAF Shawbury - 09/03/90 sold - 29/03/90 reg G-SDEV to P Gill & W Gentle and based at Cambridge - 09/95 to Bruntingthorpe for storage pre-disposal - 13/10/96 flown to Swansea - 19/11/96 reg to de Havilland Aviation, Bridgend - 30/07/98 reg to J Jones, Pencoed - 24/09/98 auctioned for £35,000 - late 98 flown to Shoreham - 03/12/98 reg to Wyndeham Press Group, Hove - by 09/03 at Kemble - 20/06/05 reg to Aviation Heritage Ltd, Coventry - by 10/11 at Coventry - 13/02/13 to Newquay by road for Classic Air Force Museum - 2015 to Cornwall Aviation Heritage Centre - 08/07/18 to St Athan

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HA580 Hawker Tempest II

1945 Built at Hawker Aircraft Ltd, Langley as MW758 - 1947 allocated to India via Hawkers - 25/05/48 Hawker Aircraft bought 113 Tempest IIs from surplus RAF stocks at 20 MU Aston Down. 89 of these were refurbished and sold to India as RIAF HA547-645 - 01/06/48 TOC Indian Air Force as HA580 - 02/69 Nine derelict Tempest IIs discovered at Poona, five at least with wings and undercarriages; RAF PR555,659,756,779,834,867,901, and IAF serials HA622 and HA580/MW758/M. All had reportedly moved on by 1972 to an unknown destination, but 1979 photos show nine fuselages in external store at Poona amongst well-established scrub - 1977 Realising that IAF Tempests were the only Mk IIs left, the Indian Government put up 11 Tempest airframes for auction as a complete lot at Jodhpur and Poona. Of these, seven composite Tempest airframes (HA 557 (MW404), HA564 (MW376), HA580 (MW 758), HA586 (MW 763), HA591 (MW 810), HA604 (MW 401) and HA 457 (PR536)) were purchased by the late Doug Arnold of Warbirds of Great Britain. They had been stored outside in dry conditions for many years and were mostly complete with engines but missing propellers and often tailplanes and rudders. The remaining aircraft were apparently scrapped in India as being beyond recovery and uneconomic to transport, or, allegedly, to preserve the rarity value of those recovered. By 1979 they were still at Poona, stored as fuselages only - 1979 The WOGB Tempests finally arrived crated at Blackbushe, UK - 1980 all seven to Nick Grace & Chris Horsley/Tangmere Flight, Chichester, Sussex - ?? HA580 to Gerry Cooper/ Tempest Two Ltd, Sandtoft, later Gamston later Wickenby - two dismantled Tempests stored in yard, Hemswell 90/04, believed to have been MW404 & MW758 - ??  Barry Parkhouse, Wycombe Air Park - 2021 H Cooper & M Burg, Haverfordwest for restoration to fly - 23-26/02/23 to SWAM on loan

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N858WL Boeing 737-406

MSN 24858/1903 - ff 25/07/90 - dd 21/08/90 to KLM Royal Dutch Airlines as PH-BDW - wfu 19/09/11 - to Willis Lease Finance Corp 10/11/11 as N858WL - ferried Amsterdam-Bruntingthorpe 16/11/11 - reg cancelled 04/12/14 - reduced to forward fuselage - to SWAM St Athan 12/01/19

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SL-01 Westland Commando Mk.2C

MSN WA829 - 09/10/75 first flight as G-17-26 - Westlands trials fleet - 26/01/76 flown to RAF Brize Norton - 04/02/76 delivered to Qatar Emiri Air Force by RAF Belfast, became QA23 - ?? transferred to Qatar Royal Flight - 2006 donated to Sierra Leone Air Force as SL-01 - 15/07/15 to Dunsfold by road - 04/22 to Southampton Docks - export to China as GIA refused - 09/22 to Lee-on-Solent and hangared - 11/05/23 to St Athan - 01/09/23 to SWAM

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WK128 English Electric Canberra B.2

MSN R3/EA3/6642 - 18/06/54 awaiting collection - 23/06/54 delivered - 1958 RRE Pershore, used as a jamming aircraft for "window" launching tests, then guided weapons fusing and, later, laser designation research - 1975 withdrawn from use - 02/77 by road to Flight Refuelling Aviation, Tarrant Rushton, overhauled and modified for Beech AQM-37A "Stilletto" trials - 1978 RAE Llanbedr, modified with target towing equipment - c2003 withdrawn from use for spares recovery - 02/04 offered for tender - 11/04 broken-up at Llanbedr, cockpit saved - late 04 to Pershore, Worcs - 16/04/19 to SWAM, St Athan

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WZ869 de Havilland Canada DHC-1 Chipmunk T.10

MSN C1/0900 - 25/06/53 delivered to 9 MU Cosford - 25/08/53 Comm Sqn Colerne - 08/01/54 10 MU Hullavington - 22/06/55 Durham UAS - 26/06/56 22 MU Silloth - 16/05/56 Oxford UAS - 22/08/56 20 MU Ashton Down - 15/05/57 5 MU Kemble - 07/10/57 Dishforth Stn Flt - 15/12/57 27 MU Shawbury - 03/05/60 RAFC - 02/09/65 1 FTS - 20/05/68 crash-landed at Linton-on-Ouse, Yorks after the engine failed to pick up during an overshoot. The student had inadvertently turned off the fuel and ignition. The pilot was demonstrating an engine failure after take-off and then opened the throttle but there was no response from the engine. The pilot then asked the student if the switches were on and he replied that they were. The pilot then attempted again but without success and so a forced landing was made short of the airfield. In the subsequent investigation, it transpired that the student had misunderstood some comments made by the instructor pilot so had closed the ignition switches and only put them back on when asked if they were on by the pilot. The exercise had not been briefed beforehand and the student's inexperience was a contributing factor - deemed to be beyond economical repair, and struck off charge as Cat.5(G/I) - reduced to cockpit section - 05/06/68 allocated 8019M to 391 (Wilmslow) Sqn ATC, Handforth, Cheshire as "Chippax" - c97 departed to ? - 28/07/07 sold to South Moulton, Devon - 18/07/08 to Bruntingthorpe - 18/08/08 to Leicester, restored and extended "6" - to Bruntingthorpe - mid 2018 to St Athan

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XM833 Westland Wessex HAS.3

MSN WA14 - 15/03/60 first flight as second full-production HAS.1 - 05/04/60 AHU Culdrose - 07/04/60 700H Flt Culdrose "507" - 08/11/60 rotor blades struck tailcone and ground on start-up at Culdrose, Cat.HY damage - 17/11/60 Westlands Yeovil for Cat.4 repair - 20/01/61 700H Flt Culdrose "507" - 28/03/61 Westlands Yeovil for instrumentation fit - 18/04/61 700H Flt Culdrose "507" - 27/07/61 Westlands Yeovil for Cat.4 reconditioning - 02/08/63 RNAY Fleetlands for storage - 09/09/64 NARIU Lee-on-Solent - 14/09/64 RNAY Fleetlands - c04/65 marked "R-304" for 815 NAS - 06/65 marked "321" - 22/07/65 819 NAS Ballykelly "321" later "531" - 31/03/66 Westlands Yeovil for conversion to HAS.3 - 10/10/67 first flight post conversion - 10/01/68 NASU Culdrose - 01/03/68 814 NAS "V-272" later "H-272" - 07/06/68 tail rotor fold lock failed, tail rotor blades struck tailcone aboard HMS Hermes, Cat.LX damage - 31/03/69 NASU Culdrose for MARTSU repair - 25/04/69 820 NAS "BL-412" - 72 named "Zebedee" - 25/08/72 RNAY Fleetlands for scheduled maintenance - 14/11/73 Arctic Flight - 28/02/74 737 NAS Portland "PO-656" - 06/02/76 RNAY Fleetlands for scheduled maintenance - 24/11/76 RNAY Fleetlands for long term storage - 29/06/81 737 NAS Portland "653" - 24/11/81 RNAY Wroughton for long term storage - 03/11/82 struck off charge, total flying hours as HAS.3 2154.40 - 04/02/83 Second World War Aircraft Preservation Society, Lasham - 24/05/10 North East Aircraft Museum, Usworth - 14/05/19 SWAM St Athan - restored and placed on display 27/04/22

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XV582 McDonnell Douglas F-4K-36-MC Phantom FG.1 "Black Mike"

MSN 9336/3253 - 11/01/69 first flight - 05/05/69 delivered to RAF in USA - 09/05/69 delivered to 23 MU Aldergrove - 08/07/69 Leuchars Conversion Flight (became 43 Sqn) - 01/09/69 43 Sqn "582", "F" by 02/70 - 23/08/72 to HSA Holme-on-Spalding Moor for Mods - 13/10/72 43 Sqn "F" - 08/10/76 to Disposal Account for Cat.3R repair - 03/11/76 43 Sqn "F" - 31/10/79 to HSA Holme-on-Spalding Moor - 09/04/80 43 Sqn "F" - 11/03/81 loaned to 111 Sqn - 06/04/81 to St Athan MU for Major Servicing and repaint in grey scheme - 31/07/81 43 Sqn "F" - 25/01/84 to St Athan MU for Mods - 20/02/84 43 Sqn "F" - 09/10/85 to St Athan MU for Major Servicing - 16/12/85 test flight at St Athan - 20/12/85 43 Sqn "F" recoded to "AF" - 24/02/88 flown Lands End-John O"Groats in a World Record 46 mins 44 secs (590 miles at 757 mph), first RAF Phantom to exceed 5000 hours during the flight (crew pilot W/Cdr John Brady and navigator Flt Lt Michael Pugh) - 25/04/88 to Disposal Account for Cat.3 Minor repair - 16/05/88 43 Sqn "AF" - 31/07/89 111 Sqn after disbandment of 43 Sqn - 09/90 painted black overall coded "M" for Leuchars Battle of Britain Airshow in tribute to the black 111 Sqn Hunters of 1950s - 09/90 228 OCU afer disbandment of 111 Sqn - 06/09/90 allocated 9066M for use as Weapons Loading Trainer, but authorised for further basic display flying due to its popularity - 16/02/92 final flight - 02/92 preserved with 111 Sqn/RAF Leuchars, later stored in HAS - 05/16 purchased by Gary Spoors, remained at Leuchars - 25/10/17 to RAF Cosford for restoration and RAF 100th Anniversary display - 20/11/18 to St Athan

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XX727 Sepecat Jaguar GR.1

MSN S.24 - 14/05/74 first flight at Warton - 16/07/74 delivered to Lossiemouth for Jaguar Operational Conversion Unit "21" - 30/09/74 6 Sqn, Lossiemouth - 06/11/74 6 Sqn, Coltishall - 11/75 54 Sqn, Coltishall - 01/81 54 Sqn coded "GJ" - 05/84 6 Sqn, Coltishall "ER" - 26/07/84 withdrawn to Shawbury "ER" - 11/02/88 to 2 SoTT Cosford for G.I. as 8951M "ER" - 24/11/94 2 SoTT renamed 1 SoTT -  01/04/04 1 SoTT renamed DCAE - 26/05/23 to SWAM

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ZA195 British Aerospace Sea Harrier FA/2

MSN 41H-912034 - built as FRS.1 - 09/09/82 first flight - 01/11/82 BAe Dunsfold - 25/01/84 899 NAS SU - 03/05/84 899 NAS "710" (12 month MOD(PE) loan) - 29/07/85 BAe Dunsfold for trials and conversion to F/A.2 prototype DB.1 - 19/09/88 first flight as F/A.2 - 17/01/90 A&AEE charge at Dunsfold - by 16/04/98 to Boscombe Down - returned to Dunsfold - 21/08/00 to BAe Warton by road - 13/05/02 to DARA St Athan by road for storage - 24/09/02 to AMG Yeovilton by road for spares recovery - 13/11/02 FAA Museum Cobham Hall - 2004 purchased by Gary Spoors - 04/05 to Wycombe Air Park - 09/03/06 to FAST Farnborough on loan - 21/02/08 to Tangmere Military Aviation Museum on loan - 03/07/19 to SWAM - 06/07/23 to Heveningham Hall, Suffolk on short loan

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ZA326 Panavia Tornado GR.1P

MSN BT006/3008 - 31/07/80 APU fire during ground tests at Warton requiring new rear fuselage - 31/03/83 first flight - 26/05/83 delivered Flight Systems Sqn, RAE Bedford - 01/10/89 FSS renamed Aerospace Research Sqn - 01/04/91 RAE renamed Defence Research Agency - 25/03/94 DTEO Boscombe Down - 01/04/95 DTEO renamed DERA - 01/04/01 DERA renamed QinetiQ - 13/12/05 final flight and stored Boscombe Down - 08/05/13 purchased by Elliott Atkins and donated to Panavia Tornado Preservation Group - 01/10/13 by road to Bruntingthorpe - 27/10/18 to St Athan for display at SWAM

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ZA612 Panavia Tornado GR.4T

 

MSN BT028 built as GR.1T  - 06/07/82 first flight - 13/08/82 delivered  to Marham - c09/82 617 Sqn Marham "04" - c01/83 617 Sqn recoded "T" - c07/84 TWCU/45 Sqn Honington -  12/87 17 Sqn Bruggen "CX" - 05/92 TWCU/15 Sqn Honington "TZ" - 18/11/99 to BAe Warton for conversion to GR.4 No.66 - 09/08/00 DARA St Athan "TZ" - 13/09/00 14 Sqn Bruggen "TZ" allocated "BW" but never worn - 06/10/00 Lossiemouth ASF "TZ" - 01/01 15 (R) Sqn Lossiemouth "TZ" - 12/05/05 2 Sqn Marham "IV" - 2008 9 Sqn Marham "IV" uncoded by 04/08 - by 07/08 stored and became WLT - 25/03/10 to BAE Systems Warton by road for MLFP - BAE Systems Trial Fleet sometime coded "074" - 10/07/13 CMU Marham "074" - 09/13 31 Sqn Marham "074" - 04/14 ATTAC CMU Marham - 11/14 Marham Wing "074" - 05/15 ATTAC CMU Marham - ??/15 15 (R) Sqn Lossiemouth "074" - 05/17 12 Sqn Marham "074" - 05/18 WLT Marham "074" - 06/18 Marham Wing "074" - 21/01/19 withdrawn from use at Marham - 02/04/19 by road to DSTL Porton Down for display - 10/06/21 to SWAM - 5671.33 hrs in 4202 sorties, and clocked up 4508 landings including 5 arrested - fitted with the RAF 100th Anniversary fin previously fitted to ZG772

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ZH209 Grob G.109B Vigilant T.1 

 

MSN 6555 - Built 1990 by Grob Aircraft, Germany - 24/10/90 official entry to service - 11/90 delivered Syerston - c06/91 to 613 VGS, Halton - early 96 664 VGS Belfast City/Newtownards - 96 coded UQ - 03/03 ACCGS, Syerston - 07/03 634 VGS St Athan, received on units conversion from Viking T.1 - 04/14 type grounded, a/c stored St Athan - 03/16 634 VGS closed down - 14/06/16 to Little Rissington for further storage - 06/05/18 type withdrawn from RAF use - 02/20 removed from military register - 09/07/20 registered G-CMHU to Aerobility - c2021 to St Athan for storage - 27/02/24 to SWAM for storage - 15/06/24 placed on display - total flying hours 5843.20

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54439 (55-4439) Lockheed T-33A Shooting Star

MSN 580-9883 - 1956 delivered to French Air Force - SLVSV EC.13 Lahr - 04/57 SLVSV EC.13 Colmar - c62 SLVSV EC.7 Metz "7-DE" - late 60's SLVSV EC.2 Dijon "2-HE" - unknown CEVSV.338 Nancy "338-HB" - by late 72 CIFAS.328 Bordeaux "WI" - 25/01/78 returned to USAF charge and flown to RAF Sculthorpe - 05/06/79 by road to Sunderland for preservation - 22/01/20 to SWAM

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G-AZHJ Scottish Aviation Twin Pioneer CC.2 

MSN 577 for RAF as XP295 - 28/11/60 first flight at Prestwick - 01/03/61 awaiting collection - 02/03/61 230 Sqn, Dishforth - 18/01/63 Odiham Station Flight/Short Range Conversion Unit (SRCU) - 01/08/63 60 MU Dishforth - 04/09/63 returned to Odiham - 03/10/63 Ministry of Aviation loan - 13/10/63 returned to Odiham - 24/09/64 Ministry of Aviation loan for Scottish Aviation - 16/12/64 1310 Flt, Odiham/Guyana - 16/02/65 Ministry of Aviation loan for Scottish Aviation - 20/01/66 1310 Flt - 25/04/66 Ministry of Aviation loan for  A&AEE, Boscombe Down & Scottish Aviation - 19/05/67 Odiham SF/SRCU - 12/07/67 27 MU, Shawbury - 26/08/70 sold to Scottish Aviation, Prestwick - 71 to G-31-16 - 20/10/71 reg G-AZHJ to Flight One Ltd, Staverton - 24/11/71 arrived at Staverton - 01/01/83 TT 3,505 FH - 11/04/91 reg to Prestwick Pioneer Preservation Society, Prestwick - 04/09/91 flown Staverton-Prestwick - 22/07/97 by road to Air Atlantique, Coventry for spares - 23/07/97 reg cancelled - c99 Compton Verney, Warks, stored - 2016 sold to Christy Keane - mid 20 sold to John Sparks - 12/11/20 arrived at SWAM, St Athan from Compton Verney  

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G-BEDV/WJ945 Vickers Varsity T.1

built at Hurn as WJ945 - 23/02/53 first flight - 11/03/53 delivered to 527 Sqn, Watton - 116 Sqn, Watton - 1961-1963 115 Sqn, Watton "H" - CFS Tangmere - CFS Little Rissington - AE&AEOS, Topcliffe - 5 FTS, Oakington - 1966 CFS, Cranwell "21" - 74 sold to Messrs Selway & Battersby - 26/10/74 flown to Duxford - 26/07/76 reg G-BEDV to Messrs Selway & Battersby, Cambridgeshire for airshow flying - 17/01/83 reg to Mr Selway - 10/02/83 reg to Mr Selway & Duxford Aviation Society - 31/12/86 total hours 6503 - 12/08/87 again reg to Mr Selway - 10/87 badly damaged in gales - 15/10/87 CoA expired - 15/06/89 reg cancelled by CAA - 2012 purchased by Classic Air Force, Newquay - 09/01/13 by road to Newquay - c06/14 painted in silver c/s with yellow bands - 08/15 Cornish Aviation Heritage Centre - 30/10/24 SWAM

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G-BNPU/XL929 Hunting-Percival Pembroke C.1

MSN 95 for RAF as XL929 - 27/09/57 awaiting collection - 27/09/57 Bomber Command Communications Squadron (BCCS), Booker (personal aircraft of AOCinC ACM Sir Harry Broadhurst) - 20/03/63 Squadron moved to Bovingdon - 30/06/63 Fighter Command Communications Squadron (FCCS), Bovingdon - 31/07/63 Transport Command Southern Communications Squadron (TCCS), Upavon - 01/01/69 Strike Command Communications Squadron (SCCS), Northolt - 13/02/69 Sqn renamed as 207 Sqn, Northolt - 25/01/71 BAC Weybridge for resparring - 03/05/71 5 MU, Kemble - 11/05/71 207 Sqn - 31/03/76 5 MU, Kemble - 07/10/80 431 MU, Bruggen - 10/12/80 60 Sqn, Wildenrath - 23/03/87 AM&SU, Shawbury wfu TT 5663 FH - 16/06/87 sold to Terry S. Warren, Ventnor, Isle of Wight - 30/06/87 reg G-BNPU - 29/07/87 flown to Sandown, IoW - 07/05/88 flown to Shoreham for Northbrook College as GIA - 11/08/88 reg cancelled as PWFU - 26/08/02 to Atlantic Aviation, Coventry for spares, stored at Compton Verney, Warks - 2016 sold to Christy Keane - mid 20 sold to John Sparks - 11/11/20 arrived at SWAM, St Athan from Compton Verney - Sold 2024 and in process of being converted on site to a mobile living space

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G-BVPP/XP534 "XR993" Folland Gnat T.1

MSN FL536 - 28/03/63 first flight - 21/05/63 CFS Little Rissington - 23/04/65 4 FTS Valley - 26/06/70 Hawker Siddeley Ltd for reconditoning - 22/01/71 4 FTS - 23/03/72 CFS - 18/04/72 4 FTS - 20/05/73 CFS - 10/05/76 4 FTS "62" - 13/11/78 Abingdon for disposal - 12/01/79 allocated 8620M - 03/79 by road to 1 SoTT Halton "64" - 23/11/93 by road to Cranfield, owner Tim J. Manna - 22/04/94 registered G-BVPP to Tim J. Manna/Kennett Aviation - 12/09/95 first flight post-restoration as "XR993" in Red Arrows scheme - 02/05/03 to Red Gnat Ltd, North Weald - 17/09/04 whilst approaching the circuit to land at North Weald Airfield, the engine lost power. As the pilot considered that the aircraft had insufficient energy to complete the turn on to final approach, he elected not to order an ejection and landed the aircraft wheels up in a partially ploughed field, approximately one nautical mile to the north-west of the airfield. With a landing speed of approximately 160 knots and approximately 800 lbs of fuel on board, the aircraft touched town, bounced and then slid to a halt with minimal damage. There was no fire and both occupants made their escape unaided. No definitive technical cause could be established for the loss of power but it was considered likely that a restriction in the fuel supply to the engine had occurred late into the flight. Sustained damage to lower fuselage - 22/05/09 registration cancelled by CAA - 26/08/10 by road to Bruntingthorpe - 06/04/19 to SWAM - 26/06/24 temporarily to Heveningham Hall, Norfolk for an event - returned to SWAM 02/07/24

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WF784 Gloster Meteor T.7

31/04/51 awaiting collection - 17/04/51 delivered to RAF - 04/51 26 Sqn Wunsdorf, Germany - 11/53 26 Sqn, Oldenburg, Germany - 05/02/54 130 Sqn, Bruggen, Germany - 12/08/54 Flight Refuelling Ltd - 56 Ferry Training Unit, Benson - 59 Royal Air Force Flying College, Manby/Strubby - 01/07/62 renamed College of Air Warfare - 62 No.5 Civilian Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Unit, Woodvale - 17/09/63 5 MU Kemble for storage - 23/07/65 declared non-effective - 15/10/65 allocated 7895M - 30/11/65 7 MU Quedgley for display - 30/05/96 auctioned and sold for £1,200 to Gloucestershire Aviation Collections using a grant from Tewkesbury Borough Council - 03/03/97 arrived at Jet Age Museum, Staverton Airport, Gloucester - 02/09/21 to SWAM, St Athan. Restored and repainted 2024.

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WR974 Avro Shackleton MR.3/3

01/05/57 first flight as MR.3 - 24/05/57 awaiting collection - 31/05/57 released to C(A) for development work, prepared for tropical and winter trials by Avro at Langar - 05/07/57 delivered to A&AEE Boscombe Down - 07-08/57 Idris, Libya for armament trials in tropical conditions - 08/57 returned to Boscombe down - 27/08/57 49 MU Colerne for additional 'winterization' by Avro CWP - 20/09/57 returned to Boscombe Down - 08/10/57 to CEPE Canada - 19/11/57 sustained damage, repaired in Canada - returned to Boscombe Down - 16/04/58 49 MU Colerne and modified to full Phase I standard by Avro CWP - 27/08/58 allocated to 23 MU and flown 25/09/58 to Aldergrove - 12/58 203 Sqn "F" - 18/08/59 badly damaged on landing at Dartmouth, Nova Scotia - 11/59-06/60 repaired on site by Fairey Aviation of Canada - 203 Sqn - Avro Langar for Phase II update - transferred to MoA Air Fleet for trial installation of Phase III update at Langar - 20/04/64 damaged in hangar accident - 16/07/64 allocated to A&AEE and flown to Boscombe Down 07/09/64 - carried out winterization tests on equipment - 03/03/65 HSA Langar for pre-service prep - 17/05/65 allocated to A&AEE and flown to Boscombe Down 21/06/65 for tropical trials of Phase III navigation equipment and flight tests of the Griffon 58 equipped with modified oil coolers - 10/09/65 HSA Langar for more Tl work, including stand-by bomb bay heating, photographic electronic flash unit and sonobuoy homer tests - 23/03/66 back to A&AEE Boscombe Down - 20/06/66 ASWDU Ballykelly - 07/66 HSA Bitteswell - HSA Langar - 17/02/67 MinTech loan for further evaluation of sonobuoy homer equipment - 12/05/67 RAE Farnborough for tests by the Radio Department - 12/07/67  A&AEE Boscombe Down for armament trials - 08/02/68 ASWDU Ballykelly - 05/04/68-27/08/68 HSA Bitteswell for modification to current Phase III standard - 08/68 203 Sqn "H" - 09/68 loaned to 42 Sqn - 01/69 203 Sqn, Hal Far Malta - 01/70 HSA Bitteswell for mods - 26/03/70 203 Sqn - 06/04/70 Kinloss Wing "K" - 09/12/70 allocated 8117M - 11/12/70 2 SoTT Cosford as GIA - 09/88 offered for tender - bought by Peter Vallance - c07/89 to Charlwood - renamed Gatwick Aviation Museum - 2014 puchased by Gary Spoors - 02/10/14 arrived at Bruntingthorpe for restoration - to St Athan early 07/20 for SWAM

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XH670 Handley Page Victor B.2 cockpit

02/11/59 First flight at Radlett - 22/12/59 Awaiting collection, handed over to Controller (Aircraft) - 01/03/60 Ministry of Aviation - 07/01/62 A&AEE - 09/02/62 Handley Page - 09/06/64 A&AEE for low level trials - 31/07/64 to Radlett for inspection and APU fit - 19/08/64 Returned to A&AEE. Continuation of low level trials - 27/11/64 Handley Page, engineering flight trials - 01/11/68 Stored Radlett pending K.2 conversion - 01/5/70 to Hawker Siddeley Woodford for conversion. Not converted. (365hrs, 274 Landings, 243 Test Flights) - 31/10/75 Struck off charge as source of spares for the fatigue test specimen. Later used for Spar Testing - 10/82 Struck off charge - 30/03/83 broken up, cockpit removed for preservation - 83 cockpit to Lincolnshire Aviation Museum, Tattershall - 12/85 moved with the museum to new site at East Kirkby - 89 The Cockpit Collection, Rayleigh, Essex - 09/12/22 to SWAM - 06/02/23 to Horizon Aircraft Services hangar - 09/06/23 returned to SWAM

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XN584 Hunting Percival Jet Provost T.3A

MSN PAC/W/12725 - built as T.3 - 20/04/61 awaiting collection - 24/04/61 27 MU Shawbury - 26/05/61 RAFC Cranwell "52" - 19/09/74 TWU Brawdy "52" - 01/08/75 RAFC Cranwell "52" - 27/08/75 BAC Warton for conversion to T.3A (avionics upgrade) - 28/11/75 CFS Little Rissington "78" - 12/04/76 RAFC Cranwell - 11/05/77 JP Det. - 25/09/77 RAFC Cranwell - 18/08/77 CFS - 09/04/79 5 MU Kemble - 16/05/79 CFS Leeming - 19/09/84 CFS Scampton "E" - by 09/90 1 SoTT Halton "88"  - 10/09/90 allocated 9014M - 27/03/95 to Bruntingthorpe - 07/15 to University of South Wales Aerospace Centre, Treforest - 04/08/21 to SWAM

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XV254 Hawker Siddeley Nimrod MR.2P

MSN 8029 built at Woodford as an MR.1 in the light grey/white colour scheme - 28/05/71 Awaiting collection - 01/06/71 delivered to 42 Sqn at St.Mawgan - 16/08/71 St.Mawgan Maritime Wing - 10/03/76 Kinloss Maritime Reconnaissance Wing - 07/77 displayed at the Finningley RAF Royal Review - 14/12/78 to Woodford for conversion to MR.2 (Set 6), also repainted in Hemp scheme - 25/09/80 first flight as MR.2 - 31/09/80 re-delivered to Kinloss Wing - 10/05/82 BAe Woodford loan (probably for fitment of a refuelling probe, re-des MR.2P) - ??/05/82 returned to Kinloss Wing - 05/02/88 Boscombe Down loan - 22/03/88 returned to Kinloss Wing - c08/09 withdrawn from use - 2010 broken-up at Kinloss - 28/07/10 front fuselage section to Inverness Air Museum - 2019 museum closed - 23/02/21 to SWAM 

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XW420 BAC Jet Provost T.5A

MSN EEP/JP/1042 - 28/10/71 Awaiting Collection - 29/10/71 RAFC Cranwell - 12/05/72 Cat.3R - 06/06/72 repair on site by 71 MU - 19/07/72 RAFC Cranwell - 14/05/74 BAC Warton for conversion to T.5A - 06/10/74  RAFC Cranwell - 16/06/80 5 MU Kemble - 15/07/80 BFTS Cranwell - 17/07/86 St Athan Station Flight - 02/09/86 FTS Cranwell "83" - 05/01/88 CWP Scampton - 16/05/88 FTS Cranwell "83" - 07/06/93 allocated 9194M as GIA - 15/06/93 2 SoTT Cosford "MU" - 24/11/94 renamed 1 SoTT - 01/04/04 renamed DCAE Cosford - 25/06/13 to Woodvale as Gate Guard - 08/09/17 to St Athan

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XX889 Hawker-Siddeley Buccaneer S.2B 

MSN B3-05-73 - 31/12/74 delivered to MOD(PE) - 13/02/75 - 16 Sqn - 20/06/77 - 15 Sqn - 04/07/77 16 Sqn - 24/05/78 St Athan MU - 18/08/78 16 Sqn - 09/03/82 12 Sqn - 01/07/82 208 Sqn - 16/07/85 St Athan MU for Major Servicing - 11/12/85 208 Sqn - 01/12/86 237 OCU - 02/02/87 12 Sqn - 03/05/88 208 Sqn - 16/05/88 237 OCU - 10/06/88 12 Sqn - 24/10/88 237 OCU - 01/11/88 12 Sqn - 01/91 painted "Desert Pink" and deployed for Gulf War later named "Longmorn" and coded "T" - by 07/91 repainted in grey/green camo scheme  - by 08/92 repainted in grey scheme - 07/04/94 final flight to St Athan for disposal - by 10/94 purchased by Gary Spoors and moved to Enstone - 06/02/97 loan to Jet Age Museum Staverton for restoration - 2003 painted in "Desert Pink", temporarily at Fairford for RIAT - 30/04/07 to Kemble - 08/05/11 to Bruntingthorpe - 02/06/18 to Cosford for RAF 100th Anniversary celebrations - 23/02/23 to SWAM

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ZA148 Vickers VC-10 K.3 Forward Fuselage

Built at Brooklands as Srs 1154 c/n 883 - 21/03/67 first flight Brooklands-Wisley - 31/03/67 delivered to East African Airways as 5Y-ADA - 28/01/77 parked up at Embakasi airport upon collapse of EAA - 31/05/77 flown to Filton - 30/09/78 sold to RAF as ZA148 for use as tanker - 04/07/84 first flight from Filton as K.3 tanker - 84 A&AEE Boscombe Down - 27/03/86 101 Sqn Brize Norton coded "G" - 20/08/13 purchased by Classic Air Force - 28/08/13 flown to Newquay - 03/15 to new owner after CAF closed - 07/15 to Cornwall Aviation Heritage Centre - 01/11/21 re-reg N148ZA to Aerovision LLC for spares - 10/22 CAHC closed - 09-11/23 dismantled - 17/11/23 forward fuselage and parts to St Athan

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GJD Services Storage Compound private area, no public access

G-APSA Douglas DC-6A 

MSN 45497/995 - 13/06/58 reg CF-MCK to Maritime Central Airways - 12/02/59 reg G-APSA to Maritime Central Airways - 28/07/59 to Eagle Aviation Ltd - 05/01/61 to to British Eagle International Airlines - 24/02/64 reg HZ-ADA to Saudi Arabian Airlines - 71 reg 4W-ABQ to Yemen Airways - 71 Withdrawn from use at Sanaa, Yemen - 13/02/87 reg G-APSA to Instone Air Line Ltd - 03/12/97 to RVL Aviation Ltd - 03/08/07 to Air Atlantique Ltd - by 09/07 painted in 1950's KLM scheme as "PH-TGA" - 31/12/07 declared as 35,165 total flying hours - 05/08 repainted in British Eagle scheme - late 08 grounded after corrosion found in the tail - 23/05/09 CofA expired - 05/09/12 to Instone Air Services Ltd - 03/12/12 to G-APSA Ltd - late 18 acquired by GJD Services - 04/20 dismantling started - 28/04/21 rear fuselage section arrived at St Athan - 29/07/21 front fuselage section arrived at St Athan

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(M25-04) Scottish Aviation Bulldog 102

MSN BH.100-127 - 10/02/72 first flight - 72 delivered to Royal Malasian Air Force as FM1224 - re-serialled M25-04 - 1998 sold - to UK - Military Aircraft Spares Ltd, Taunton - sold and used as spares source - by 11/17 gutted fuselage outside Lyneham Flying Club, Kemble - 04/19 purchased by R.Tregear, St Athan - 30/06/19 moved to SWAM for storage

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WK126  English Electric Canberra TT.18

built as B.2 at Avro Woodford - 01/06/54 awaiting collection - 06/54 9 Sqn Binbrook - 54 100 Sqn Wittering - 1959-1967 unknown - 25/04/67 BAC Salmesbury for conversion to TT.18 - 21/05/68 27 MU Shawbury - 13/11/69 transferred to Royal Navy - 18/06/70 Flight Refuelling Tarrant Rushton - 02/11/70 Airwork FRU Hurn "843" - 24/11/72 Airwork FRU Yeovilton - 01/12/72 unit re-des FRADTU - 21/06/73 23 MU Aldergrove for Major inspection - 12/02/74 FRADU Yeovilton - 23/03/79 BAe Warton for refurbishment - 15/10/80 FRADU - 19/01/83 St Athan for mods - 13/04/83 FRADU - 20/06/83 St Athan for storage - 20/12/85 BAe Salmesbury for Major inspection - 21/04/86 FRADU - late 88 St Athan for storage - 01/90 FRADU - 26/10/90 St Athan for storage - 08/07/93 sold at Phillips auction for £9,000 but remained at St Athan - 93 allocated N2138J but NTU - 93 to G Spoors & D Price - 13/06/95 Gloucestershire Aviation Collection, Hucclecote on loan - by 01/96 to Jet Age Museum Gloucester on loan, never assembled - c2009 sold to Chris van Schaardenburg, remained dismantled - 17-18/08/22 moved to St Athan

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XL472 Fairy Gannet AEW.3

MSN F.9441 - 04/11/59 first flight - 30/11/59 retained by Fairey White Waltham - 30/01/60 AHU Culdrose - 11/02/60 849 NAS "A" Flt Culdrose/HMS Ark Royal "R-421" - 05/09/61 AHU Culdrose - 14/10/63 849 NAS HQ Flt Culdrose "CU-415" - 30/11/66 849 NAS HQ Flt Brawdy "BY-760" later "BY-762" - 08/03/71 NASU Lossiemouth - 06/04/71 849 NAS "B" Flt Lossiemouth/Ark Royal "044" later "R-044" - 06/12/78 RAE Farnborough - 06/12/78 A&AEE Boscombe Down Apprentices School - by 04/85 Fire Service Boscombe Down - by 01/87 derelict - 10/90 tendered for sale in MOD clearance - 91 Peter Vallance, Gatwick Aviation Museum, Charlwood - 01/09/13 sold and moved to St Athan as spares source for XL500

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XP150 Westland Wessex HAS.3

MSN WA83 - 21/09/62 first flight as HAS.1 - 04/10/62 delivered to HHU Fleetlands - 28/08/63 706 NAS Culdrose - 05/10/63 AHU Culdrose for mods - 02/03/64 RAF Handling Sqn Boscombe Down - 10/03/64 706 NAS Culdrose "CU-506" - 25/01/65 RNAY Fleetlands for flotation gear fit - 01/03/65 706 NAS Culdrose "CU-506" later "CU-576" - 19/04/66 to Westlands Yeovil for conversion to HAS.3, first flight 27/10/67 - 06/02/68 NASU Culdrose - 22/02/68 814 NAS "V-273" later "H-273" - 09/09/69 NASU Culdrose - 17/09/69 814 NAS "H-273" - 13/07/70 RNAY Fleetlands for mods and storage - 07/02/72 NASU Culdrose - 10/05/72 737 NAS Portland - 15/05/72 737 NAS Kent Flt "KE-401" - 16/10/75 RNAY Fleetlands - 15/09/76 NATIU Lee-on-Solent - 04/11/76 737 NAS Portland - 16/11/76 737 NAS Kent Flt "KE-401" - 04/01/77 737 NAS Portland - 29/07/77 737 NAS Antrim Flt "AN-406" - 16/01/79 at Newcastle Airport for fishery protection duties - 01/02/79 to RAF Finningley by road for engine change - 13/02/79 by road to MASU Lee-on-Solent - 16/02/79 by road to RNAS Portland - 26/03/79 RNAY Fleetlands - 01/06/79 737 NAS Portland - 10/06/79 737 NAS Antrim Flt "AN-606" - 30/11/81 737 NAS Portland - 12/01/83 772 NAS - 20/04/83 772 NAS Antrim Flt "AN-406" - 19/01/84 to RNAY Wroughton for storage, total flying hours 4317.20 - 05/07/84 by road to AES Lee-on-Solent - 08/08/84 allocated A2719 as Class GRB training airframe "AN-406" - 05/88 allocated A2764 as Class GR(2) - 08/91 noted outside at Lee-on-Solent - 07/92 noted outside BDRF LoS with many repair patches - 11/92 noted in fire pits as "XP15/LS" with tail unit probably from XP157 - by 25/01/93 to Fire Service College, Moreton-in-Marsh - 22/05/19 to SWAM St Athan for spares - week ending 23/09/22 scrapped, cockpit section in very poor condition saved 

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XX845 SEPECAT Jaguar T.4 

MSN B33 - 12/08/75 first flight as T.2 - 27/08/75 delivered to Bruggen - 17 Sqn "BY" - 20 Sqn - 2 Sqn "33" - 17 Sqn - 14 Sqn - early 80's 226 OCU Lossiemouth "AZ" - by 1988 41 Sqn "V" to "A" - 226 OCU Lossiemouth - 6 Sqn "ET" Coltishall - early 2000s conv to T.4 - 6 Sqn "EV" Coltishall - 01/06/05 final flight to DARA St Athan for spares recovery - 17/10/05 DCAE Cosford - 13/10/09 RNFS Predannack - 07/07/22 to SWAM

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GJD Services Hangar - Restoration area, no public access 

(G-APXX)/"VH-FDT" de Havilland Australia DHA-3 Drover II

MSN 5014 - 1951 built in Sidney, Australia as VH-EAS - 12/60 purchased by Air Navigation & Trading Company Ltd, Blackpool (Squires Gate) Airport - 19/09/61 arrived at Liverpool Docks by sea and roaded to Squires Gate - 15/12/61 registered G-APXX but reportedly never used - 19/05/67 moved to Southend for preservation by the predecessors of the museum - 1971 Historic Aircraft Museum, Southend "VH-FDT" - 26/11/73 reg cancelled as PWFU - 10/05/83 auctioned on museum closure and sold to Doug Arnold for £1,700 - mid 83 Warbirds of Great Britain, Blackbushe - by 07/85 Second World War Aircraft Preservation Society, Lasham - late 2009 sold to Parkhouse Aviation on museum closure - by 10/10 moved to Wycombe Air Park - 05/08/13 arrived at St Athan - 06/19 to SWAM restoration area in GJD hangar

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G-AWMI Glos-Airtourer 115

This AESL built Airtourer T2 is construction number 505 and was first registered, as G-AWMI, on 24/07/68 to Glos Air Ltd at Staverton. On 21/10/70 the owner changed to the Glamorgan Flying Club Ltd, Rhoose Airport, beginning its long association with Cardiff. Between 28/10/80 and 23/11/82 it was with a Swindon owner before returning to local ownership with Red Dragon Aviation Ltd. Remaining at Cardiff it underwent ownership changes in 02/87, 12/94 and 04/01. On 31/12/04 total flying hours were recorded as 6,263. On 08/05/08 its Certificate of Airworthiness expired and in 05/09 it was seen dismantled and devoid of paint in the Robin hangar at Cardiff Airport. On 07/12/10 G-AWMI was de-registered by the CAA. In late 03/22 the major parts moved to Horizon Aircraft Services, St Athan, shortly before the demolition of its gale-damaged hangar. On 10/04/22 the fuselage and wings came to SWAM on loan for rebuild and a repaint. Owner passed away and undercarriage, tailplane and engine/propeller disposed of by relatives before they could be acquired, rendering restoration unworthwhile. Dumped outside GJD hangar.

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WL405 Gloster Meteor T.7

07/07/52 delivered to RAF - Hemswell CF - JCU - Wittering SF - 231 OCU - 1 GCF - BCCS - 01/65 sold to Ministry of Aviation - RAE Farnborough - 01/04/69 SoC as Cat.5(C) - RAE Apprentices School - c1988 nose and centre section to Martin-Baker, Chalgrove for spares use, remainder to NEAM Usworth - 30/10/01 The Meteor Flight, Yatesbury, Wilts - 17/03/09 to Phoenix Aviation, Bruntingthorpe - 12/09 to Mike Davey - 30/04/10 to Hooton Park - 2013 to Parbold, Lancashire - late 2019 sold to Jason Holloway - 23/09/19 to St Athan, to SWAM restoration area in GJD hangar

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XX263 British Aerospace Hawk T.1A(F)

MSN 099/312099 - dd 11/04/79 in wraparound camouflage - 1 TWU, Brawdy - late 80's 63(R) Sqn 2 TWU, Chivenor - mid 1983 British Aerospace for modification to T.1A - 03/11/83 returned to 2 TWU - by 1991 refinished in grey c/s - 01/04/92 63(R) Sqn 7 FTS, Chivenor - 09/94 stored Chivenor - 16/02/95 FRADU, Yeovilton  - 30/11/95 FRADU, Culdrose - 09/06/00 entered Fuselage Replacement Programme at St Athan, refinished in black c/s - 05/01 4 FTS, Valley - 2004 74(R) Sqn 4 FTS, Valley - 2007 208(R) Sqn 4 FTS, Valley - 2010 Hawk display aircraft in 4 FTS 50 years c/s - 02/12 Red Arrows, Scampton - end 2014 AM&SU Shawbury - early 2018 Cardiff University School of Engineering - 22/04/22 to SWAM St Athan

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XZ969 Hawker Siddeley Harrier GR.3 

MSN 712205 - 13/11/80 first flight - 15/12/80 delivered to Gutersloh - 16/12/80 3 Sqn Gutersloh - 04/01/85 1 Sqn Wittering - 19/03/85 St Athan for Major Servicing - 05/09/85 4 Sqn Gutersloh "D" - early 91 wfu St Athan - 24/04/91 GIA A2612 RNEC Manadon - 17/05/95 SFDO Culdrose "DD-69" - 2003 RNFS Predannack - 07/07/22 to SWAM
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Airfield

G-CMFY/ZE700 British Aerospace 146 CC.2 

MSN E1021 - ordered 06/81 as a Srs.100 by Pacific Express, USA, but airline went bankrupt on 02/02/84 - 23/11/84 first flight at Woodford as G-5-02 - 18/02/86 re-registered G-5-507 - converted to VVIP fit for RAF as ZE700 - 23/04/86 handed over to RAF - 06/05/86 delivered to The Queens Flight, Benson - 29/06/94 damaged when it ran off the runway on landing at Glenegedale Airport, Islay, Argylll & Bute whilst piloted by HRH Prince Charles - 03/98 BAE Woodford for maintenance - 17/05/98 registered G-6-021 for test flights - 17/06/98 returned to Benson as ZE700 - 01/04/95 The Queens Flight absorbed into 32 Sqn at Northolt, becoming 32 (The Royal) Sqn - 01/16-01/17 wore 32 Sqn 100th Anniversay tail markings - 12/18-03/19 wore RAF 100th Anniversary tail markings - 21/06/19 named "Group Captain Lionel Rees VC" after one of Britain’s earliest fighter aces - 17/03/22 flown to St Athan - stored pending move to museum - 06/05/22 registered G-CMFY to Aircraft Maintenance Services 

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XS507 Westland Wessex HU.5

MSN WA176 - 05/08/64 first flight at Yeovil by Mr DAS Colvin - 27/08/64 delivered to Helicopter Holding Unit (HHU), Fleetlands - 29/10/64 707 Sqn, Culdrose "CU-W" - 07/08/68 Royal Naval Aircraft Yard (RNAY) Fleetlands - 04/03/69 Naval Aircraft Support Unit (NASU) Culdrose - 01/04/69 845 Sqn, Culdrose "CU-B" - 23/10/69 846 Sqn, Culdrose "CU-C" later "CU-XC" - 15/07/71 846 Sqn moved to Yeovilton "VL-XC" - 31/05/73 RNAY Fleetlands - 19/02/74 NASU Yeovilton - 27/09/74 707 Sqn, Yeovilton - 07/11/74 RNAY Fleetlands - 25/11/74 NASU Yeovilton - 24/05/76 772 Sqn, Portland "PO-513" - 04/08/78 rolled over onto port side after u/c collapsed due to ground resonance on a precautionary landing after cyclic control problems in the low hover on a test flight at Portland - 15/08/78 to Accident Investigation Unit (AIU) Lee-on-Solent by road - 06/02/79 to RNAY Fleetlands by road for repair - 19/06/80 2 Flying Training School, Shawbury "F" - 15/12/80 NASU Yeovilton, held as Frontline Immediate Replacement (FIR) - 01/08/81 'C' Flt, 772 Sqn, RFA Olna "ON-314/Buzby II" for Gulf Patrol in Middle East - 19/04/82 carried out the first deck landing on SS Uganda after she sailed from Gibraltar on the way to the Falklands, having been converted to a hospital ship - 05/05/82 'B' Flt, 847 Sqn "XU" - 14/05/82 to the South Atlantic in MV Atlantic Causeway - 01/06/82 arrived at Port San Carlos, Falkland Islands, remained on Atlantic Causeway - 16/06/82 flown off to RFA Tidepool for 'D' Flt, 848 Sqn "XU" - 01/07/82 transferred to HMS Hermes for HDS/VERTREP duties - 05/07/82 returned to UK aboard Hermes - 22/07/82 707 Sqn, Yeovilton "ZG" - c04/83 707 Sqn Royal Navy Presentation Team (RNPT), Yeovilton "VL-RN" - 02/04/85 845 Sqn, Yeovilton "RN" - 11/11/85 RNAY Wroughton - 04/02/86 772 Sqn, Portland "PO-627" - 19/01/87 Department of Naval Recruitment (DNR) Flt, Portland "PO-627" - 06/02/87 772 Sqn, Portland "PO-627" - 23/03/87 DNR Flt, Portland "PO-627" - 03/04/87 772 Sqn, Portland "PO-627" - 21/03/88 Air Engineering School (AES) Lee-on-Solent, GI Class GRB A2762. "27" Total FH 4792.25 - 05/93 re-categorised as Ground Instruction (GI) Class GR(2) A2674 at AES "27" - 04/11/95 by road to Air Engineering & Survival School (AESS) HMS Sultan, Gosport "27" - 22/07/08 to 606 Sqn, RAuxAF, RAF Benson for display, repainted in grey 84 Sqn colour scheme - 09/07/19 to Historic Helicopters, Higher Purtington, Somerset - 18/05/21 to SWAM, St Athan. Moved 29/04/22 to Horizon Aircraft Services for restoration/paint.

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Departures

G-BLKP British Aerospace Jetstream 31-02

MSN 634 - 25/02/84 registered G-BLEX to McAlpine Aviation, Luton but Not Taken Up - 15/05/84 first flight as G-31-634 - 23/07/84 registered G-BLKP to British Aerospace PLC, Weybridge - 29/12/84 ownership change to BAE Systems (Operations) Ltd, Warton - 01/03/85-21/04/85 leased to NetherLines - 14/06/01 ownership change to BAE Systems (Corporate Air Travel) Ltd, Warton - 02/01/03 ownership change to Global Aviation Ltd, Humberside - 01/03 small Eastern Airways titles operating BAE shuttle flights from Filton - 19/04/03 CofA expired - 03 purchased by North West Development Agency for £250,000 - 11/03 to the European Centre for Aerospace Training, Macclesfield College - 07/12/06 deregistered as permanently withdrawn from use - 03/06/19 to GJD Services and displayed at SWAM, St Athan - 04/21 sold to Exeter College as GIA and departed 06/05/21

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(G-CONY) British Aerospace Jetstream 31-01

MSN 745 - ff 10/03/87 as G-31-745 - N331QE NTU - registered C-GJPQ 03/06/87 and delivered to Ontario Express - to Canadian Regional Airlines - Canadian reg cancelled 28/12/94 - registered N22746 30/12/94 to Wilmington Trust Co Trustee - to Environmental Mapping Services 12/03/99 - to Sky Mapping LLC - to Sky Research Inc 12/08/04 - flown into Humberside 04/09/12 - USA reg cancelled 26/09/12 - registered G-CONY 23/11/12 to Linksair Ltd but never flown - fuselage to St Athan by road 22-25/10/14 - UK reg cancelled 27/02/17 - to SWAM site 08/19 for transportation trials still marked as N22746 on port side (not allocated to SWAM) ..departed late June/early July 2020 to Happy Jakes Touring Caravan Park, Flemingston, CF62 4QL as a glamping attraction

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WD293 de Havilland Canada DHC-1 Chipmunk T.10

MSN C1/0233, line number DHB.f11 - 21/12/50 Awaiting Collection from de Havilland, Broughton - 28/12/50 1 Basic Flying Training School, RAF Booker coded "14" - 19/05/53 10 Maintenance Unit, RAF Hullavington - 05/01/54 School of Maritime Reconnaissance, RAF St.Mawgan coded "L" - 18/09/56 Maritime HQ, Chatham. Based at Rochester - 17/02/58 22 Maintenance Unit, RAF Silloth, for refurbishment - 10/12/58 5 Maintenance Unit, RAF Kemble, probably for repainting, as the overall silver/yellow training bands scheme was being phased out for a more high visiblity colour scheme - 01/06/59 St.Andrews UAS, RAF Leuchars. Issued for their summer camp at Tangmere (5 June-4 July) - 06/07/59 (Perth UAS, Perth Scone) Note: entry as per RAF Record Card, no such Unit existed. Possibly it was issued to Glasgow UAS [then based at Perth] for their summer camp at Valley [15 July -19 August] and then returned to Perth for allocation to St Andrews UAS - 02/09/59 St.Andrews UAS, RAF Leuchars - 16/09/59 22 Maintenance Unit, RAF Silloth, for refurbishment - 20/06/60 Queens University Belfast UAS, Sydenham. One of six issued to the UAS to supplement their four unit strength Chipmunks for Summer Camp at Lyneham. It was flown to Sydenham on 20/06/60 from Silloth for acceptance and air tests and departed Sydenham on 24/06 with the 9 other Chipmunks for Lyneham. Bad weather caused a diversion to Kemble - 04/07/60 Struck Off Charge as CAT.5C due to fatigued engine mounting bulkhead, discovered whilst the a/c was on Summer Camp at Lyneham - 07/07/60 allocated 7645M - 07/07/60 3 AEF, Bristol Filton, soon reduced to PAX trainer - 31/07/74 2308 (Cwmbran) Sqn ATC - by 04/89 loaned to 1367 (Caerleon) Sqn ATC - by 10/98 210 (Newport) Sqn ATC - by 06/04 30F (Cardiff) Sqn ATC - c05/09 254 (Aberdare) Sqn ATC - 12/07/10 South Wales Aviation Group, St Athan - 16/01/19 moved on loan to South Wales Aviation Museum, St Athan - 08/09/21 sold and moved to a new home at Evesham for restoration

ZG822 Westland Sea King HC.4

MSN WA1003 - 18/09/90 first flight - 15/10/90 delivered to AMG Yeovilton - 28/10/90 846 NAS - 16/11/90 848 NAS "WF" - 03/12/90 painted in desert pink scheme - 21/12/90 flown to Southampton/Marchwood Docks and shipped to the Gulf in MV Atlantic Conveyor II - ??/91 re-coded "WO" in Gulf - 02/04/91 flown Southampton Marchwood-Yeovilton after return to UK in RFA Argus - 04/91 846 NAS "WO" later "VM" - by 16/04/91 painted in Olive Drab scheme - 21/04/91 shipped to Gulf in RFA Argus for Operation Haven in Iraq - 19/07/91 returned to UK - 22/03/92 drifted to port whilst landing troops and sank into snow covered gulley causing main rotor blades to strike ground at Death Valley near Markensdalen, Norway - 03/92 airlifted by HMH-464 CH-53E to RFA Sir Galahad for return to UK - 31/03/92 offloaded Sir Galahad and by road to MASU Lee-on-Solent - 01/04/92 by road to AMG Yeovilton for Cat.4 repair - by 16/09/93 846 NAS "VN" - 04/10/95 RNAY Fleetlands for refinish - 02/11/95 846 NAS "VN" - 09/11/95 RNAY Fleetlands - 14/11/95 846 NAS "VN" - 12/01/96 AMG Yeovilton - by 23/02/96 846 NAS "VN" - by 09/12/96 AMG Yeovilton - 01/05/97 848 NAS "ZN" - 01/09/97 846 NAS "VN" - 20/01/99 845 NAS loan - 10/03/99 846 NAS "VN" - 06/08/01 DARA Fleetlands - 20/03/03 846 NAS "VN" - 13/01/03 845 NAS "(Y)N" shipped to Iraq - ??/03 846 NAS "(V)N" - 08/10/03 returned to UK  -  08/11/04 AMG Yeovilton for mods - 05/01/05 846 NAS "VN" - 05/04/05 AMG Yeovilton - 14/10/05 848 NAS "WS" - 05/06/07 CHFMU Yeovilton - 06/07/07 848 NAS "WS" - 07/01/08 AMG Yeovilton - 06/05/08  848 NAS "WS" - 05/01/09 CHFMU Yeovilton - 09/03/09 848 NAS "WS" - 02/02/10 VAHS Fleetlands - 01/11/10 848 NAS "WS" - by 04/12 wfu to HMS Sultan, Gosport - 27/11/13 to Bruntingthorpe - 11/04/18 to St Athan -  01/09/23 to GJD Compound - 04/10/23 to The Tower Friskney, Wainfleet for camping use

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The following Grob Vigilant T.1s arrived from storage on the Bro Tathan Business Park, St Athan on 23/02/24 & 27/02/24 (*), and were stored outside the rear of the museum. All have now departed.      

(G-CMGD)/ZH115/TA ..departed c11/10/24 by road
(G-CMGF)/ZH117/TC ..departed c18/10/24 by road
* (G-CMGJ)/ZH120/TF ..departed c18/10/24 by road
(G-CMGL)/ZH122/TH ..departed c18/10/24 by road
(G-CMGS)/ZH128/TP ..departed 31/07/24 by road
*(G-CMHG)/ZH190/UC ..departed c08/08/24 by road
*(G-CMHM)/ZH196/UJ ..departed 31/07/24 by road
(G-CMHT)/ZH208/UP ..departed c08/08/24 by road
(G-CMIA)/ZH249/UU ..departed c18/10/24 by road
(G-CMIC)/ZH264/UW ..departed c11/10/24 by road
(G-CMIH)/ZH269/SB ..departed c11/10/24 by road
(G-CMGI)/ZH278/SF ..departed c08/08/24 by road

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